It was back in 2001 when my yoga journey began. It started very simply with yoga classes at the local high school and community centers in Ottawa. I had been searching for some sort of activity to get me off the couch, and I never was one for the more traditional forms of exercise that you’d find at a gym. Even after those first few practices, something inside me clicked.

Yoga offered not only a good body workout, but also of the mind. I was hooked.

As someone who’s struggled with anxiety and depression, this practice has been a godsent. To say that yoga has saved me is just not a cliche, but the truth. It has gotten me through many a dark night of my soul. You just have to be willing to continue to show up.

In 2005, I took one of my first yoga teacher trainings, in kundalini, and have continued my training in hatha, ashtanga, yin, restorative, yoga Nidra, chair yoga, yoga as therapy, and trauma-centered yoga. My interests and appetites are diverse, and I draw from all of these to create a dynamic experience in my classes.

The practice meets you where you are at. It is non-competitive, non-judgmental and encourages an overriding curiosity of self-awareness. It’s you observing you.  In addition, there is a whole wonderful philosophy behind it that is quite scientific which outlines why we suffer along with tools and techniques to relieve this suffering. It just made a lot of sense.

Yoga offers a plethora of different styles of practices to suit any type of body or temperament.  My online ZOOM yoga classes foster a welcoming community of like-minded people who have lives, families and demands just like you!

If you’d like to join, or for more information please email me at natannaholst@gmail.com
To get a sense of my teaching style you can visit my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithnat

Yoga Training Highlights (not including workshops)

  • Currently working towards my 300-hour KRI Level 2 Kundalini (4 modules completed, 1 module to go)
  • 15-HR Yoga Nidra Training, PranaShanti Yoga Centre with Devinder Kaur (October 2020)
  • 15-HR Chair Yoga Training, PranaShanti Yoga Centre with Michael Hutkins (October 2018)
  • 24-HR Advanced Anatomy Training w. Dr. Geoff Outterbridge (March 2015)
  • 80-HR Yoga as Therapy Training w. Doug Keller, (2011-2014)
  • 18-HR Advanced Yoga Anatomy Teacher Training w. Dr. Isaac Cristoveanu (June 2013)
  • 40-HR Restorative Teacher Training, w. Andrea Peloso (February 2013)
  • 800-HR Traditional Yoga Studies, Yoga Philosophy, Distance Learning, w. Brenda L. Feuerstein (June 2013)
  • 200-HR Intensive Teacher Training, Ashtanga/Hatha Yoga w. Richard Freeman (June 2010)
  • 67-HR Intensive Classical Hatha-Ashtanga Yoga Training w. Beryl Bender Birch (August 2008)
  • 80-HR Power Yoga Training w. Beryl Bender Birch (2008 and 2014)
  • 40-HR Ashtanga Primary Series Training w. David Swenson (August 2008)
  • 200-HR Hatha-Ashtanga Yoga Training, Santosha Yoga Centre, w. Basia Going, David Jewitt, Julie Salter & Mike Mah (April 2008)
  • 200-HR Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, KRI Level 1, Rama Lotus Yoga Centre w. Robert Hay, Sat Hari Kar (July 2005)